Mathematical modeling of light-mediated hpa axis activity and downstream implications on the entrainment of peripheral clock genes

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 46, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 766-778

  Mavroudis, Panteleimon D ^a   Corbett, Siobhan A ^b   Calvano, Steven E ^b   Androulakis, Ioannis P ^a,b,c  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian; Clock genes; Cortisol; Entrainment

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LIGHT; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIGHT INTENSITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PERIPHERAL CLOCK GENE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETICS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; METABOLISM; RADIATION RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLOCK PROTEINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOPERIOD; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM;

EID: 84907965219     PISSN: 10948341     EISSN: 15312267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00026.2014     Document Type: Article

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